Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	William Kempner RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 330	‐
VBR	# 525	# 767

Projections

Strikeouts	19	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.12
WHIP	1.29	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 310	# 392

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	9

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	42.1	12.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	46	8

Earned Runs	24	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	45	14

Walks	14	4

ERA	5.10	2.92

WHIP	1.42	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	9.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	8

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	10

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.04	4.12

WHIP	1.29	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Cole Sulser has begun throwing live batting practice and is reportedly doing well, according to Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash. Cash indicated Sulser could return to the active roster “pretty soon” if his progression continues without setbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th	The Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	The Rays placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th	The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Cole Sulser allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out two in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians, recording his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 29th	The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sulser RP - TB			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 9th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for William Kempner (2026)

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